Role description

Role

Azure DevOps Engineer / Python Developer

Experience: 5+ years

Location - Any UST

Azure Services

- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- Azure DevOps
- Azure AI (positive to have)

Python Stack

- FastAPI
- REST APIs
- Automation scripting
- Async programming
- Virtual environments
- Package management (pip, requirements.txt)

DevOps Topics

- YAML pipelines
- Multi-stage pipelines
- Pipeline templates
- Build and Release
- Deployment strategies
- Artifact management
- Variable Groups
- Service Connections
- Self-hosted vs Microsoft-hosted agents

Containerization

- Docker
- Docker Compose
- Kubernetes
- Helm (preferred)
- ArgoCD (preferred)

AI/ML (Preferred)

The JD mentions AI-driven automation, so expect questions like:

- Have you integrated LLMs into DevOps workflows?
- Prompt Engineering
- Azure AI/OpenAI
- AI-assisted test generation
- ML-based anomaly detection
- AI chatbots for operations

Automation Testing

- Python automation
- API testing
- Test automation in CI/CD
- Integration testing

Interview Questions You Should Prepare Azure DevOps

- Explain Azure DevOps architecture.
- Difference between Build Pipeline and Release Pipeline.
- What are YAML templates?
- How do multi-stage pipelines work?
- How do you secure secrets?
- What are Variable Groups?




- How do approvals and gates work?

Python

- Explain decorators.
- Difference between multiprocessing and multithreading.
- What is async/await?
- Explain FastAPI lifecycle.
- Dependency Injection in FastAPI.
- Exception handling.
- Logging best practices.

REST APIs

- Difference between PUT and PATCH.
- What is idempotency?
- Authentication methods.
- JWT implementation.
- API versioning.
- Swagger/OpenAPI.

Docker

- Difference between CMD and ENTRYPOINT.
- Multi-stage builds.
- Docker networking.
- Volumes vs Bind Mounts.
- Docker Compose.

Kubernetes

- Pods
- Deployments
- ReplicaSets
- Services

Skills

python,lambda,prompt engineering,rest apis,azure ai,kubernetes,

About UST
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.

📌 Developer III - Software Engineering- Agentic AI Python (India)
🏢 UST
📍 India